Chapter 25

Andrea

Andrea continued working on the Iron Man suit in the lab. She was angry, Tony disagreed with her calculations, and he did not think she was right. She felt the best way to prove him wrong was to show him.

"Finished," She said.

"Good not you can see how I was right," Tony said, "Ready to test it out?"

"One second," Andrea said as she went to the far end of the lab, she turned a table and used it as a shield, "Ready," she shouted.

"Dramatic," Tony said. The argument before had been the first time Andrea fought with Tony. She did not think it was a bad fight; they both just got loud because each person believed they had the correct answer. She knew she was right thought and was going to provide it.

Tony worked on the Iron Man component for the repulse blaster. He aimed it and prepared the test. He started it up and then the mechanism began to short circuit. Tony back away and saw it blow up, luckily he was not hurt.

"Told you," Andrea shouted from the table. Tony just glared at her.

"What did she tell you?" Steve said as he walked down the stairs.

"Nothing," Tony said. Andrea just walked up to him glared at him. Tony went into a staring contest with her for a brief moment and then put his hands up in surrender, "FINE! You were right, I was wrong. Happy?" Tony said.

"Ecstatic," Andrea replied. She turned to greet Steve, "Welcome, tell us the tale of your adventures of bringing back the assassin."

Steve sat on the work bench and just looked at Tony, "You could have tried harder to tell me he was on a mission, not leaving the team."

Tony was cleaning off the residue from the explosion, "I tried, you kept cutting me off. Besides, I think you needed the motivation."

Andrea laughed at Tony's comment, "I agree with Tony, you needed to think the worst to act how you wanted. So tell us! Is he back with you?" Andrea said as she looked up the stairs hoping to see Mark walk down.

"He found another warehouse; he won't be back for a few days." Steve began, "We are talking." Steve said.

"Well you kind of needed to talk, I am sure he probably had a knife to your throat before you said who you were," Tony said.

Steve laughed, "How did you know?" Steve asked.

Andrea walked over to Tony, "Told you, you owe me dinner for losing that bet." Tony rolled his eyes, "I should have known to bet against you on something about Mark."

Andrea smiled at him, "Please you don't hate losing that bet too much. It means dinner with me." Andrea hugged Tony's side when she said this.

Tony hugged her back, "You're right, this is not the worst bet I lost. It might actually be the best one I lost." Tony looked to Steve, "So on talking terms, what do you mean?" Tony asked Steve.

"We talked awhile. I shared with him what we know I should have; I told him how I feel about him. He told me how he felt about me. We agreed to talk more when he gets back. Then I kissed him before I got on the helicopter," Steve blushed when he said this.

"You made-out with Mark?" Andrea said as she let go of Tony and went over to the workbench. She sat down and put her elbows on the table, resting her head on her hands as she continued, "Tell me about it all. I want to hear the details. Did you like it? Did he make you feel things? Did you see fireworks?"

Steve was turning darker red as the questions continued, Tony began to laugh. "Andrea, I think you are making Steve a little uncomfortable with the questions."

Andrea turned to Tony, "But I wasn't there! I need to live vicariously through Steve for this one." Andrea turned back to Steve, "So tell me how it was."

Steve looked down and at the table before he spoke, "I only kissed him on the cheek. I was not brave enough to kiss him on the lips," Steve went even redder if that was possible.

"Not brave enough? The man, who runs into battle and fights unspeakable evil and villains, was afraid to kiss Mark on the lips?" Andrea asked with a stoic face.

"In his defense, you are talking about the world's deadliest assassin," Tony said.

Steve met Andrea's eyes and laughed at her facial reaction to him. "I don't know. I was afraid of rejection this time. I made progress can we give me that?" Steve asked.

Andrea sighed, "Yes we can, but I want fireworks next time I hear a story from you," She said pointing her finger at Steve. Andrea went with a smile, "But I am happy you two are taking a step to work this out."

"I am happy you are talking to me again," Steve said to Andrea.

"Thank him," Andrea said pointing to Tony. "If it were not for that man, you would not have had my help."

Everyone heard Tony's phone go off, he had a message. Tony walked over to his phone and looked at it. "It seems I got a thank you from Mark as well," Tony said.

"What's it say?" Andrea asked.

Steve looked curiously at Tony as well wondering what Mark sent Tony.

Tony began to read the message, and then he laughed. "Seems I am in the club with you and Natasha," Tony said to Andrea. Tony had cleared his throat before he read the message, "So, Steve thought I left the Team and knew where I was? I guess this is your doing. Given the events which happened, I have decided to spare your life... Thanks for everything Tony." Tony put his phone down still laughing, Andrea was laughing at that message. "You are in the club!" Andrea said.

Steve looked at Andrea and Tony, "A club?"

Andrea turned around back to Steve, "It's what Tony says when he sees how Mark acts with Natasha or me. Tony now sees himself in that club. I guess he is happy to have Mark consider him a close friend," Andrea said to Steve.

Steve looked to be jealous Tony was now part of the club from what Andrea saw in Steve's reaction.

"Calm down Steve," Andrea said.

"I am just his friend, you want to be something else for Mark," Tony finished.

Steve smiled, "Yeah," he stood up from the work bench, "you are right. I do want to be something more than a friend to Mark." And Steve began to walk toward the stairs.

"I hope you told him that," Andrea said.

"I will," Steve said as he walked up the stairs.

"He better," Andrea added as Tony walked near her.

"He will, eventually. He already did the impossible I think. He began to fix things with Mark. I didn't think it was possible," Tony said then looked to Andrea.

"So it is about eight o'clock. I owe you dinner, what do you want?" Tony asked.

Andrea looked up like she was thinking, "I don't know throw out some ideas," She said.

"Tuna?"

"Gross, no."

"Pasta?"

"Closer," Andrea said with a smile.

"Is this now a guessing game?" Tony asked. Andrea nodded at him with a smile. Tony returned the smile before continuing, "Chicken and broccoli alfredo?"

Andrea just smiled big and nodded her head.

"Okay I will order some, let's get cleaned up, and we can watch movies while we eat," Tony said.

"So living room in what thirty minutes?" Andrea asked.

Tony looked at her and smiled, "No I think we should have a more private area. Let's meet in my room in thirty minutes."

"Why Mr. Stark," Andrea said sarcastically, "What type of woman do you take me for?" She said with a smile.

Tony grabbed Andrea and pulled her close. Andrea was caught off guard by the gesture and just looked up at Tony. Tony put his hand through Andrea's hair cradling her head and kissed her long and deeply. Andrea felt herself turn into mush when Tony kissed her. She had never felt his passion so strongly before. Tony pulled away, "A woman who smart, beautiful, funny, and worth it all," Tony said gazing into Andrea's eyes.

"Thirty minutes, be ready!" She said as she walked to the stairs to quickly get ready. Andrea struggled up the stairs, she still felt like jelly after that kiss.

Andrea went to her room and got ready. She showered and dressed in her pajamas, hoping this would be a comfortable hot date. She left her room and knocked on Tony's door. Tony opened the door wearing Pajamas as well. A classic red pajama bottom but wore an Iron Man shirt. Andrea smelled the food in the room. "Ready for our dinner?" Tony asked. "Yup," Andrea answered.

Andrea begged to pick the movie. Tony finally let her pick the movie. Andrea decided on an old childhood favorite and put on The Little Mermaid, Tony laughed. "What?" Andrea said to Tony.

"If I were to pick a cartoon movie you would love, this would have been my first choice," Tony said. Andrea smiled at this and Tony brought the food over. Andrea and Tony ate quickly and got under the covers for the movie.

"Why are you so cold?" Tony asked.

"I am always cold, it's a weird thing I know," Andrea replied. "It is mainly my feet that feel cold, I forgot to wear socks."

Tony got up, and Andrea felt colder without him on the bed. Tony went to his dresser and then returned to the bed. "Here," Tony said handing Andrea a pair of dress socks. She took them and looked back at him, "What no Iron Man dress socks?"

Tony smiled. He went back to the dresser and retrieved Iron Man dress socks. Andrea grabbed them from his hand, "I will wear these," She said with a smile. Tony laughed at her. Andrea put on the socks and cuddled up next to Tony when he got back in the bed. They watched the movie. When the credits rolled, Andrea said, "I love that movie."

"I love being in bed with you," Tony said. Andrea turned to Tony, and he picked her up and put her on top of him.

"Is that all?" Andrea said, and Tony pulled her in to kiss her. Andrea let Tony take the lead with the kissing. Tony put his hands through her hair and held lightly, enough to allow Andrea to give him more control. Tony parted Andrea's lips with his tongue, and they began to kiss passionately in his bed. When they stopped kissing Tony looked at Andrea. He brushed a strand of hair from her face, "I love you as well," he answered her earlier question. Tony pulled Andrea closer and slowly they allowed the other to remove the opposites clothing. Andrea looked at Tony's Arc reactor, she loved the blue glow, and how it hums, she touched it gently and then went back to kissing Tony.

Tony removed his boxers; Andrea did not wear underwear to remove. She and Tony looked at one another knowing what was going to happen tonight. They stared into one another's eyes. "I love you too," Andrea said and kissed Tony.

That's when they both heard and Explosion from the hallway, "Are you fucking kidding me!" Andrea said. Tony and she looked at one another and laughed. They quickly dressed and went to investigate the noise.